Frontiers of engineering [[electronic resource] ] : reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2009 symposium

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D. C., : National Academies Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.007
• Soggetto topico: Engineering - Research; Engineering - Technological innovations; Systems engineering
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Engineering Tools for Scientific Discovery""; ""Introduction--Louise Hamlin, J. Christopher Love, and Naren Ramakrishnan""; ""Digital Holographic Microscopy for3D Imaging of Complex Fluids and Biological Systems--Vinothan N. Manoharan""; ""Engineering Tools for Studying Marine Mammals--Sean M. Wiggins""; ""The Kepler Mission: A Search for Terrestrial Planets--Riley Duren""; ""Computational Sustainability: Computational Methods for a Sustainable Environment, Economy, and Society--Carla P. Gomes""; ""Nano/Micro Photonics and New Applications"" ; ""Introduction--Nelson Tansu and Michal Lipson""""Optical Antennas: A New Technology That Can Enhance Light-Matter Interactions--Lukas Novotny""; ""Nano-Opto-Mechanics: Using Light Forces in Guided-Wave Nanostructures--Matt Eichenfield, Ryan M. Camacho, Jasper Chan, Qiang Lin, Jessie Rosenberg, Amir H. Safavi-Naeini, and Oskar Painter""; ""Light-Emitting Diode Technology for Solid-State Lighting--Mike Krames""; ""Engineering the Health Care Delivery System""; ""Introduction--Stephanie Guerlain and Eva K. Lee"" ; ""Why Health Information Technology Doesn't Work--Elmer V. Bernstam and Todd R. Johnson""""Calibration in Computer Models for Medical Diagnosis and Prognostication--Lucila Ohno-Machado, Frederic Resnic, and Michael Matheny""; ""Medical Informatics for Detecting Adverse Events--Genevieve B. Melton""; ""Managing and Coordinating Health Care: Creating Collaborative, Proactive Systems--David A. Dorr""; ""Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure""; ""Introduction--Seth Guikema and Patrick O'Mara""; ""America's Infrastructure Report Card: Causes, Costs, and Solutions--Kristina L. Swallow"" ; ""Infrastructure Resilience to Disasters--Stephanie E. Chang""""The Environmental Footprint of Infrastructure--Arpad Horvath""; ""Appendixes""; ""Contributors""; ""Program""; ""Participants""
• Titolo autorizzato: Frontiers of engineering
• ISBN: 1-282-50137-2; 9786612501371; 0-309-14819-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456580503321
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